Totter round ring, following daughter as guide (8)

I believe the answer is:
dragoman
'guide' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'totter round ring following daughter' is the wordplay.
'totter' becomes 'ragman' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'ring' becomes 'O' (letter resembling a ring).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'ragman' placed around 'o' is 'ragoman'.
'ragoman' put after 'd' is 'DRAGOMAN'.
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dragoman that I've seen before include "Eastern interpreter" , "Guide" .)
